240643 ENTERED Office of Proceedings May 11, 2016 Part of … · 2016. 5. 11. · Track maintenance Mechanical Issue Other Crew Locomotive power Total Number Briefly Explain Cause

RA/LWAY

May 11 , 2016

Ms. Cynthia Brown Chief, Section of Administration Office of Proceedings Surface Transportation Board 395 E Street, SW Washington, DC 20423-0001

Jill K. Mulligan Vice President & General Counsel Regulatory

BNSF Railway Company P.O. Box 961039 Fort Worth, TX76161

2500 Lou Menk Drive, AO B-3 Fort Worth , TX 76131-2828

(817) 352-2353 Phone (817) 352-2398 Fax

Re: STB Ex Parte No. 724 (Sub-No. 3), United States Rail Service Issues-Data Collection

Dear Ms. Brown:

Enclosed for electronic filing in the above captioned proceeding is the Weekly Report of BNSF in response to the Board's Order of October 8, 2014. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

240643 ENTERED Office of Proceedings May 11, 2016 Part of Public Record

BEFORE THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

STB EX PARTE NO. 724 (Sub-No. 3)

UNITED STATES RAIL SERVICE ISSUES-DATA COLLECTION

WEEKLY REPORT OF BNSFRAILWAYCOMPANY

BNSF Railway Company ("BNSF") provides the following weekly report in response to

the Board's Order of October 8, 2014 in the above referenced sub-docket. The Board's Order

contained requests for reporting that can be grouped into three separate categories: (i) weekly

railroad-specific reporting on performance metrics for that railroad's network; (ii) a weekly

overview of the operating conditions in the Chicago gateway including specific metrics

regarding Chicago terminal inventories and trains held for delivery to Chicago; and (iii) a report

summarizing the current Chicago Transit Coordination Office (CTCO) service contingency

protocols, including Alert Levels, with notice of future changes. Covered parties are required to

submit weekly reports of data responsive to the Board's requests, which are described as

temporary.

Included with this pleading is an electronic spreadsheet containing BNSF's weekly

submission of data responsive to the first category of data requests in the Order, which cover

BNSF-specific network performance measures. A hardcopy of the spreadsheet is also included

herein as Attachment A. Information responsive to the second and third categories of requests is

being submitted on behalf of BNSF and the other Class I railroads through the AAR in a separate

filing that will also be updated according to the schedule contained in the Board's Order.

I

BNSF will continue to update the enclosed spreadsheet on a weekly basis, and will

continue to review available data sets and definitions as we gain more familiarity with the data

sources relied on for this report. We repeat our earlier caution against drawing firm conclusions

based on the absolute values reported in BNSF ' s report or across the various railroads that are

also submitting data. BNSF will also continue to engage frequently and substantively with our

customers through direct conversations, and through broader communications and letters,

customer forums, meetings and broadcasts to provide real-time information around our service

challenges, our short-term and long-term plans to increase network velocity, and our progress

against those plans, and to ensure we hear their perspectives and feedback.

Respectfully submitted,

May 11, 2016

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EP 724 - US RAIL SERVICE ISSUES - DATA COLLECTION

Railroad: BNSF Year: 2016

1. System-Average Train Speed by Train Type for the

Reporting Week (MPH)

lntermodal 36.4

Grain unit 25.4

Coal unit 25.1

Automotive unit 29.0

Crude oil unit 29.7

Ethanol unit 25.8

Manifest 24.1 All Other 22.3

2. Weekly Average Terminal Dwell Time Measured in

Hours Excluding Cars on Run Through Trains

System Average I 23.7

2. Weekly Average Terminal Dwell Time Measured in

Hours for 10 Largest Terminals In Terms Of Railcar

Capacity

Barstow, CA 29.7 Denver, CO 29.7 Fort Worth, TX 22.8 Galesburg, IL 25.7 Kansas City, KS 31.2 Lincoln, NE 32.3

Memphis, TN 17.1 Northtown, MN 24.3 Pasco, WA 22.8 Tulsa, OK 21.3

3. Total Cars On Line by Car Type for the Reporting

Week

Box 10,928

Covered hopper 70,137

Gondola 8,769

lntermodal 16,549

Multilevel (automotive) 7,537

Open hopper 50,384

Tank 50,272

Other 10,049 Total 224,625

4. Weekly Average Dwell Time at Origin for Unit Train

Shipments Measured in Hours

Reporting Week: I Date Week Began: I 5/1/20161

I Date Week Ended: I 5/7/20161

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I

Grain 4.9

Coal 2.6

Automotive 27.9

Crude Oil 3.6

Ethanol 7.0

All Other Unit Trains 3.9

5. Weekly Total Number of Trains Held Short of Destination or Scheduled Interchange for Longerthan 6 Hours by Train Type and Cause

Cause

Train Type Track maintenance Mechanical Issue

Other Total Crew Locomotive power

Number Briefly Explain Cause lntermodal 4 0 8 0 28 Road1 Terminal, Other 40 Grain unit 5 0 5 5 28 Road, Terminal, Other 43 Coal unit 8 0 3 3 35 Road, Terminal, Other 49 Automotive unit 5 0 0 0 10 Road, Terminal, Other 15 Crude oil unit 2 0 0 0 5 Road, Terminal, Other 7 Ethanol unit 0 0 2 0 4 Road, Terminal, Other 6 Other unit 6 0 15 0 27 Road, Terminal, Other 48 All other trains 13 3 38 0 48 Road, Terminal, Other 102 Total 43 3 71 8 185 Road, Terminal, Other 310

6. Weekly Total Number of Loaded and Empty Cars in Revenue Service That Have Not Moved In:

Greater Than 120 Hours Greater Than 48 but Less than

or Equal to 120 Hours

Loaded Empty Loaded Empty

lntermodal 59 805 353 2,652

Grain 128 400 831 1,687

Coal 42 482 71 684 Crude Oil 0 7 4 73

Ethanol 9 52 463 530

Automotive 115 127 1,346 774

All Other 411 1,117 8,023 10,974

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EP 724- US RAIL SERVICE ISSUES - DATA COLLECTION

Railroad: BNSF Year: 2016 Report ing Week: Date Week Began :

Date Week Ended:

7. Weekly total grain cars loaded and billed, reported by State, aggregated for the fo llowing Standard T ransportation Commodity Codes (STCCs): 01131 (barley), Oll32 (corn), Oll33 (oats), Oll35 (rye), 01136 (sorghu m gra ins), 01137 (wheat), 01139 (grain, not elsewhere classified), Oll44 (soybeans), 01341 (beans, d ry), 01342 (peas, dry), and 01343 (cowpeas, lentils, or lupines). "Total grain cars loaded and billed" includes cars in shuttle service; dedicated train service; reservation, lottery, open and other ordering systems; and, private cars. Additiona lly, please sepa rately report the total cars loaded and billed in sh uttle service (or ded icated train service) versus total cars loaded and billed in all other ordering systems, including private cars.

Instruction: Please enter "0" if no data is being reported for a field .

State Total Grain Cars Loaded and Billed For All Ordering System s Total Grain Cars Loaded and Billed For Shuttle / Dedicated Total Grain Cars Loaded and Billed For Ordering Systems

Train Service Ordering Systems Ot her Than Shuttle/ Dedicated Train Service

AL 0

AR 0

A2 0

CA 11 •.• 11

co 67 67

CT 0

DE 0

FL 0

GA 0

IA 494 228 266

ID 2 2

IL 118 113 5

IN 0

KS 553 448 105

KY 0

LA 0

MA 0

MD 0

M E 0

Ml 1 1

MN 1,522 1,454 68

MO 114 114

MS 0

MT 613 449 164

NC 0

ND 1,203 571 632

NE 1,617 1,479 138

NH 0

NJ 0

NM 0

NV 0

NY 0

OH 0

OK 26 26

OR 9 9

PA 3 3

5/1/2016

5/7/2016

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EP 724- US RAIL SERVICE ISSUES - DATA COLLECTION

Railroad: BNSF Year: 2016 Reporting Week: Date Week Began: 5/1/2016

Date Week Ended: 5/7/2016

8. For the aggregated STCCs in item 7, report by State the following: a. running total number of outstanding car orders (a car order equals one car); b. average number of days late for all outstanding car orders; c. total num ber of new car orders received dur ing the past week; d. total number of ca r orders filled du ring the past week; and e. number of orders cancelled, respectively, by shipper and railroad during the past week.

a. Running Total Number of b. Average Number of Days Late

e.1. Number of Orders Canceled By e.2. Number of Orders Canceled By State For All Outstanding Grain Car c. Number of New Car Orders d. Number of Car Orders Filled

Outstanding Car Orders Orders

Shipper Railroad

AL

AR

AZ

CA 9 co 6

CT DE

FL

GA

IA

ID

IL

IN

KS 67

KY

LA

MA

MD

ME

Ml

MN 75

MO

MS

MT 1 136 5

NC

ND 678 9 NE 83

NH

NJ

NM 1

NV

NY

OH

OK 194 OR

PA

RI

SC

SD 166

TN

TX 8 13

UT ·, ·,

VA VT

WA 18

WI 75 . ,.

WV WY ... 133

TOTAL 0 0.0 9 1,654 14 0

EP 724 - US RAIL SERVICE ISSUES - DATA COLLECTION

Railroad: BNSF Year: 2016 Reporting Week: Date Week Began: 5/1/2016

Date Week Ended: 5/7/2016

9. Plan vs. Performance For Grain Shuttle (Or Dedicated Grain Train) Round Trips, By

Region, Updated To Reflect The Previous Four Weeks

Region

(Please Specify Destination Trip Plan Trip Performance

Region)

May Plan 5/7/2016 4/30/2016 4/23/2016 4/16/2016

System 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.2

CA 2.8 3.0 2.4 3.5 2.8

Gulf 3.2 2.6 3.3 2.9 3.2

Mexico 2.0 2.2 2.0 2.1 2.1

PNW 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.2 3.6

West TX 3.8 3.3 3.9 3.9 3.8

10. Average Daily Coal Unit Train Loadings vs. Plan for the Reporting Week By Coal

Production Region

Region Loadings Plan Loadings Average

Powder River Basin 30.0 26.0

Illinois Basin

Uinta Basin

Northern Appalachia

Central Appalachia

Southern Appalachia

Other 2.0 2.6